Bill Roper's Journal

The Cubs lost game five of the NLDS to the Brewers tonight, 3-1, up in Milwaukee, ending the Cubs season. Each team held serve in their home games, which is why you play for home field advantage. This time, it was to the advantage of the Brewers who had a tremendous second half to end up with the best record in the league.

The good news is that this means that the Dodgers will need to travel to Milwaukee to begin the best of seven NLCS. And if the Brewers hold serve...

Right now, I am rooting for a Brewers vs. Mariners World Series. Neither team has ever won the World Series, so that matchup would guarantee at least one new champion.

And that beats seeing the Yankees win. :)

The Cubs won and have tied up the series with the Brewers. The Saturday game in Milwaukee will determine the winner.

This is better than I expected.

After having managed to miss all three of the Wild Card games that the Cubs played at home due to work, I am (as the song says) "taking the afternoon off" tomorrow to go to game 3 of the NLDS tomorrow. The weather is going to be seasonally chilly from the look of things and I am trying to decide how much coat I need to wear.

The Cubs are currently trailing the Brewers 0-2 in the five-game series, so it will be win tomorrow or stay home. (I'd say "go home", but the Cubs *are* at home, so...)

We'll see how it goes.